Day+Three+December+5,+2009

Today (Saturday) we spent the day touring with our tour guide Cathy and the very gracious representatives from the Xiamen Education Bureau. These folks are interested in a myriad of activities and partnerships with U.S. schools. We discussed teacher, student, and principal exchanges as well as sister school and sister class arrangements. Their are endless possibilities.

Our first touring stop today was the Great Wall of China. It stretches 4000 thousand miles along the former Chinese northern border. This was absolutely the experience of a lifetime. Chairman Mao said that if a man or woman does not climb the Great Wall, he or she is not a great man or woman. WIth that said, I HAD to climb the wall.



Yes, I am wearing my CHS Soccer scarf. Woohoo! Go Cugars!



There is a tradition in China that newlywed couples climb the great wall together and then lock a lock on a chain attached to The Wall. This symbolizes their commitment to one other.



After climbing to the top of the wall we stopped at the Olypmic stadium on our way to Beijing Capitol Airport to catch our 3 hour flight to Xiamen, Foujian Province.



Amazing Architecture!!



Yes, that's a giant TV on the side of that building.